Good Derivatives: A Story of Financial and Environmental Innovation

Index

1987 stock market crash, 200–201, 298, 300

2001 World Trade Center attack, 306, 343–344

2008 financial crisis, 117, 158, 203, 219, 419, 425

Abbott Labs, 328

Abraham, Spencer, 388

Acid rain, 205, 206–209, 214–216, 218, 515

Acid Rain Program, 214–216, 217, 218, 229, 230, 273, 328, 329, 333, 334, 362–363, 379, 387, 417, 425, 429–430, 446–447, 449, 475, 541, 543–544

ADAG group, 490

Additionality, 407

AgCert, 471

Agricultural sector:

carbon offsets in, 339, 365, 395, 404–407, 415, 421, 485–486, 493–495

corn futures, 37, 39, 75, 92, 256

farm lobby, 338–339

grain futures, 37, 53–54, 55, 57, 69–70, 73–85, 94, 98, 107–108, 256, 432

livestock futures, 44, 46, 50, 99 (see also Pork belly futures)

soybean futures, 37–38, 39, 69–70, 75, 76–77, 99, 111, 256, 509, 534

AirShares Carbon Fund, 473

Akroyd and Smithers, 169–170

Albertson, David, 184

Alhadeff, David, 17

Allegheny Power, 234–235

Alliant, 328

Allstate, 245–246

Alternative Investment Market (AIM), 390, 471

Ambani, Mukesh, 487–488, 490

Amerex, 437

American Agricultural Economics Association, 404

American Clean Energy and Security Act (2009), 421–422, 546

American Electric Power (AEP), 277, 279, 328, 339, 346, 378, 379, 381, 409, 414

American Stock Exchange (AMEX), 160, 165

Amsterdam Stock Exchange, 69, 302, 306, 464, 537, 544

Amtrak, 409

Andhyodaya, 492–495

Andrew, Hurricane, 243

Arditti, Fred, 20, 153, 165, 195–196

Arthur Andersen, 300

Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32), 426–427, 554

Association of Sustainable and Responsible Investment in ...